1. Born in 7th April 1506 2. Died before dawn of 3rd December, so died on 2nd december 1552.
3.Child of Dr. Joao de xavier and Dona Maria Aznarez de saola. 4.Lands in Goa on 5th May 1542. 5. Kown as first apostle of Phillipines. 6. Was canonised with St. Ignatius in 1622. 7. Body enshrined in Basilica of Bom Jesus 8. In 1614 by order of Claudiusacquaviva 9. St. Francis Xavier known as Goemcho Saib. 10. What profits a man if he gains the whole world and looses his own soul was put forth by Ingnacio de loyola. 11. Reburied in Malacca 12. GAO of New york to celebrate the feast of S.F.X on 7th December2003 at St. Luke's church. Why I answered this questionaire is mainly to have my heart, mind body and soul in goa, I do not want to forget the goan history nor goa nor the goan people neither my mother, my beautiful and most adorable and lovable mother KONKANI MAIE. Vivek araujo rene barreto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ----- Original Message ----- From: Goan Association of New York [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Feast of St. Francis Xavier. Members of Goan Association of New York. 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 The first 3 who send in correct answers to these Qs on Saint Francis Xavier will receive prizes at this years Feast. St. Francis Xavier was born on 7 April, _____ in the castle of Xavier in Navarre, Spain and died on __ December, 1552 on the Island of Sancian near the coast of China. He was the sixth and last child of Dr. Joao de Xavier and ____________. After a tedious and dangerous voyage, St. Francis Xavier landed at Goa on __ May, 1542. St. Francis Xavier landed on the island of Mindanao and for this reason he has also been call the First Apostle of the __________. St. Francis Xavier was canonized with St. Ignatius in ______. The body of St. Francis Xavier is enshrined at Goa in the Basilica of _____ _________. In 1614, by order of _________ __________, General of the Society of Jesus, the right arm was severed at the elbow and dispatched to the Pope in Rome, where the present altar was erected to receive it in the church of the Gesu. St. Francis Xavier has been called _______ ________, by all goans, meaning Lord of Goa. St. Francis Xavier was touched by the inspiring words of Jesus What does it profit a man to gain the whole world if he looses his own soul?. These words were placed forth to him by ________ _________. St. Francis Xavier was first buried in Sancian, in a grave that was coated with limestone to hasten its decomposition. However when the grave was reopened 3 months later, the corpse was in perfect condition. Reburied in ______, it was exhumed again after 5 months and still found to be incorrupt. The body of St. Francis Xavier arrived in Goa in March, ______. The Goan Association of New York will celebrate the Feast of St. Francis Xavier on ___ December, 2003 at _____________. Also in the news.. In Rome, the beatification Mass for Mother Teresa will be offered in St. Peters Square by Pope John Paul II on Sunday, Oct 19, 2003. EWTN will feature live coverage. Check local listings for timing and channels. In New York, the beatification will be celebrated at the 10:15 am Mass at St. Patricks Cathedral in Manhattan. 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Please circulate rene barreto 00000000000000 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ########################################################################## ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
